All too true, and still somewhat in the Spycraft vein. A lot of iconic 80s stuff isn't (take for instance most of the Aaron Spelling fare), but Mann's TV opus certainly falls within our sphere of play.

Ah, Blue Thunder. Talk about missing the moral of the story and going straight for the easy money.

I also was fond of Automan when I was a wee lad. At the time it was related to my fascination with all things Tron*. Nowadays, I think it's my fascination with breaking all the laws of thermodynamics.

My mom and grandpa raised me watching Remington Steele, but I didn't discover Moonlighting until I started catching reruns after college. Yet another fan flag that makes me the freak among the local freaks.

*I also love Tron for different reasons now: I'm a sucker for religious imagery. I have... ideas, for Tron, but no money and no skill. I feel I could make a mind blowing remake, if only I can find someone who a) can help extract said ideas from my brain and use them, and b) doesn't mind throwing money away making it, because I'm not sure it will be appreciated.

Ah, Blue Thunder. Talk about missing the moral of the story and going straight for the easy money.

Yup. The movie and series were so radically different in theme and tone they might as well not have been the same property. Still, I can't fault them for cashing in. It's done because it works.

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I also was fond of Automan when I was a wee lad. At the time it was related to my fascination with all things Tron*. Nowadays, I think it's my fascination with breaking all the laws of thermodynamics.

LOL! Cute.

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My mom and grandpa raised me watching Remington Steele, but I didn't discover Moonlighting until I started catching reruns after college. Yet another fan flag that makes me the freak among the local freaks.

Really? But it was Willis at his prime!

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*I also love Tron for different reasons now: I'm a sucker for religious imagery. I have... ideas, for Tron, but no money and no skill. I feel I could make a mind blowing remake, if only I can find someone who a) can help extract said ideas from my brain and use them, and b) doesn't mind throwing money away making it, because I'm not sure it will be appreciated.

There's always talk of a remake. I saw a story about a studio looking at the idea again just a month or two ago. Will it happen? Probably, eventually. Sadly, though, I think it will probably miss the point. The odds tell us that it'll just wind up another hollow summer blockbuster, but we can dream...

My mom and grandpa raised me watching Remington Steele, but I didn't discover Moonlighting until I started catching reruns after college. Yet another fan flag that makes me the freak among the local freaks.

Really? But it was Willis at his prime!

Yeah, but he wasn't on a space ship, or fighting a dragon, or generally blowing crap up.

My social circle is made up of Capital 'G' Geeks. I have come to realize... I am not one of those. Yeah, fantasy, sci-fi, anime, I am drawn to all of these genre's, but I'll take in anything that shows quality workmanship. My fellow gamers seem to choose these to the exclusion of all other genres, which seems short-sighted to me. Moonlighting was a detective drama that really liked to crack jokes, but it's still set (sort of) in reality. I suspect I'm also the only person at the local table whose ever said, "Cool, Gunsmoke is on." I comfortable enough to state as fact that I'm the only one there reading Questionable Content.

I've found I'm the only espionage fan among my friends. And I'm not just taking James Bond, I mean espionage. Bourne (movies sorry, Pat), Spy Game, the original M:I (not an action show), hell, I've even gone out of my way to catch old The Saint reruns when I had a TV. I talked my friends into going to see Traffic in the theaters. And got an earful for it. When I tried to sell them on Memento, the response was, "That would never work." The one I did manage to drag to the theater ate his words. I've long eschewed superhero comics for Sandman, and later Bone, Strangers in Paradise, Sin City, Jason Lutes, and just about everything else that is on the opposite end of Planet Marvel/DC. I've gotten funny looks from friends when I tell them I don't read 'genre'* fiction, but no one took me up on my offer after I was raving about The Big Sleep when I picked up a copy at a church bizarre.

I cannot understand how anyone in this world can go through life and not find some attachment to music. Any music.

I've recently come to terms with the fact that I daily walk the fringe between the Normals and this isle of misfit toys we call 'fandom'. And I feel at home.

*'Genre' is this use is defined as Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, licensed fiction in general, and fantasy in particular unless I'm really comfortable with the author. I hold a special circle in hell for L5R's Clan War novels, which is wear I really swore the stuff off.

My mom and grandpa raised me watching Remington Steele, but I didn't discover Moonlighting until I started catching reruns after college. Yet another fan flag that makes me the freak among the local freaks.

Really? But it was Willis at his prime!

Yeah, but he wasn't on a space ship, or fighting a dragon, or generally blowing crap up.

My social circle is made up of Capital 'G' Geeks. I have come to realize... I am not one of those. Yeah, fantasy, sci-fi, anime, I am drawn to all of these genre's, but I'll take in anything that shows quality workmanship. My fellow gamers seem to choose these to the exclusion of all other genres, which seems short-sighted to me. Moonlighting was a detective drama that really liked to crack jokes, but it's still set (sort of) in reality. I suspect I'm also the only person at the local table whose ever said, "Cool, Gunsmoke is on." I comfortable enough to state as fact that I'm the only one reading Questionable Content.

I've found I'm the only espionage fan among my friends. And I'm not just taking James Bond, I mean espionage. Bourne (movies sorry, Pat), Spy Game, the original M:I (not an action show), hell, I've even gone out of my way to catch old The Saint reruns when I had a TV. I talked my friends into going to see Traffic in the theaters. And got an earful for it. When I tried to sell them on Memento, the response was, "That would never work." The one I did manage to drag to the theater ate his words. I've long eschewed superhero comics for Sandman, and later Bone, Strangers in Paradise, Sin City, Jason Lutes, and just about everything else that is on the opposite end of Planet Marvel/DC. I've gotten funny looks from friends when I tell them I don't read 'genre'* fiction, but no one took me up on my offer after I was raving about The Big Sleep when I picked up a copy at a church bizarre.

I cannot understand how anyone in this world can go through life and not find some attachment to music. Any music.

I've recently come to terms with the fact that I daily walk the fringe between the Normals and this isle of misfit toys we call 'fandom'. And I feel at home.

*'Genre' is this use is defined as Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, licensed fiction in general, and fantasy in particular unless I'm really comfortable with the author. I hold a special circle in hell for L5R's Clan War novels, which is wear I really swore the stuff off.

Holy crap, sorry about that.

Heh, I loved the Saint - in my heart and mind Moore will always be Simon Templar, not that Bond fellow.

Yeah, but he wasn't on a space ship, or fighting a dragon, or generally blowing crap up.

(snip) Moonlighting was a detective drama that really liked to crack jokes, but it's still set (sort of) in reality. I suspect I'm also the only person at the local table whose ever said, "Cool, Gunsmoke is on." I comfortable enough to state as fact that I'm the only one reading Questionable Content.

Not anymore. I read a number of drama web comics, and actually prefer them. This just got added to my list. I've always wrestled with the fact that I'm a non-sf geek. I like some sf, but as a genre my prefrence has always been espionage. Lately though, my prefrence is for real life stuff, biographies and the like. Sf is fun as fluff, but I rarely get excited about it.

I cannot understand how anyone in this world can go through life and not find some attachment to music. Any music.

I must confess I like music, but I'm rarely attached to it. Despite being a deadhead and traveling to shows, music just doesn't grab me enough to think about it most of the time. When it does, it's usually because I find it funny. I'd rather listen to Dr Demento than just aobut anything else. Comedy moves me, music is just filler.